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6 Female Politicians Go After Male Masturbation, Viagra

Bills in 6 states attempt to squeeze male reproductive rights

(Newser) - Female politicians in four other states are joining Ohio and Georgia representatives in a bid to crack down on men's sexual and reproductive freedoms, including access to Viagra and vasectomies. It's their way of striking back against restrictive state abortion laws and attacks on health insurance coverage for...

Need Viagra? Ohio Pol Wants Notarized Letter

...from your sex partner, attesting to your impotency

(Newser) - It's certainly not the first bill to be presented as a foil to the abortion- and contraception-related bills coursing through America's legislatures, but it is an amusing one. Ohio Democrat Nina Turner last week introduced Senate Bill 307, which would make getting Viagra a pretty big ordeal. A...

Forget Dennis Kucinich
 Forget Dennis Kucinich 
OPINION
Mar 9, 2012 2:38 PM CST

Forget Dennis Kucinich

He made a lot of noise, but did little, Alex Koppelman argues

(Newser) - Dennis Kucinich's 16-year stint in Congress is about to end , and Alex Koppelman, for one, does not care. "Liberals lost one of their favorite elected officials, and the press lost one of its favorite sources of comic relief," he writes for the New Yorker . "But Congress...

7 Super Tuesday Takeaways
 7 Super Tuesday Takeaways 
Mar 7, 2012 7:48 AM CST

7 Super Tuesday Takeaways

Including how Mitt Romney is like a world-devouring super villain

(Newser) - Now that the dust has cleared, what did we learn on Super Tuesday ? Among the biggest takeaways:
  1. Republicans don't love these guys: "It's almost like a bad version of Goldilocks. Nobody is just right," quips Philip Elliott of the AP . Exit polls showed that a
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Dennis Kucinich Loses Ohio Seat

Two-time prez candidate loses to Dem Marcy Kaptur in redrawn district

(Newser) - Ohio voters yesterday bounced two-time presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich out of office, leaving him without a congressional seat for the first time in 16 years. The antiwar populist conceded just after midnight to progressive Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur in the race to represent Ohio's redrawn Ninth District. The outcome...

Super Tuesday Results: Who Won What

Romney wins Ohio, 5 others; Santorum wins 3; Newt 1

(Newser) - Mitt Romney took the biggest Super Tuesday prize of all, Ohio, by a razor thin margin. The state was called for Romney only after 99.4% of precincts reported, giving him 38% to Rick Santorum's 37%. Earlier, Newt Gingrich got a crucial home-state win in Georgia, while Santorum grabbed...

Candidate, 54, Arrested for Tearing Down Rival's Signs

Did we mention his opponent is 18?

(Newser) - The race for the Berlin Township seat on the Delaware County GOP's Central Committee got ugly yesterday, when candidate Rick Gemienhardt, 54, was arrested for tearing down campaign fliers put up by his opponent, Adam Fleischer—an 18-year-old high school senior. Fleischer was hanging posters on doors yesterday when...

Deadly Nursing Home Fire Caused By Meth Lab

Ohio blaze began in resident's room

(Newser) - Ohio fire officials responding to a routine nursing home fire found a most unusual cause behind the blaze: A secret meth lab in the room of a nursing home resident. The blaze in Ashtabula, Ohio, killed one person and injured five others, investigators say. "When we first started to...

Super Tuesday: 4 Candidates, 4 Storylines
 Super Tuesday: 
 4 Candidates, 
 4 Storylines 
PRIMARY PREVIEW
Mar 6, 2012 7:56 AM CST

Super Tuesday: 4 Candidates, 4 Storylines

Your look at what to watch for today

(Newser) - It's here at last: Super Tuesday, the day 10 states cast their ballots in the 2012 primary. Here's what's at stake for each of the candidates today:
  • Mitt Romney—Expected to win: Massachusetts, Vermont, Virginia. Really wants to win: Ohio and Tennessee. Winning both would give him
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Santorum May Be Ineligible for 29% of Ohio Delegates

Campaign missed deadlines months ago

(Newser) - Rick Santorum may be at the top of the polls in Ohio, but even if he wins there, he may not win. Because his campaign missed several eligibility deadlines, he could lose up to 18 of the state's 63 available delegates, report the Cleveland Plain Dealer and ABC News...

Romney, Santorum Tied in Ohio

Super Tuesday outcome too close to call in new poll

(Newser) - Ohio is by most accounts the most important prize at stake in next week's Super Tuesday voting, and right now it's too close to call, says a new poll from Quinnipiac University . The survey has Rick Santorum at 35% and Mitt Romney at 31%, within the margin of...

Police: Ohio Father Pimped Out Adopted Son,10

Adoptive father, 2 others charged with child rape

(Newser) - An adoptive father in Ohio has been charged with raping three boys in his care, and hiring out one of them—a 10-year-old—to other men for sex. Undercover cops were led to the man through a Craigslist advert seeking "taboo" sex, AP reports. The suspect's name is...

Ohio Shooting Hero: I Wish I'd Done More

Frank Hall hailed by Ohio community as hero who likely saved lives

(Newser) - When gunshots rang out Monday morning in Chardon High School's cafeteria, everyone hit the deck—except Frank Hall, a massive 6-foot-2, 300-pound assistant football coach who instead yelled, "Hey!" and charged the shooter. "He did what he usually does," one student tells Reuters , "he...

Ohio Victim's Mom Begged Son: Don't Go, Danny

'He doesn't get to live his life,' says heartsick Dina Parmertor

(Newser) - Ohio mom Dina Parmertor had a "sick feeling" when she heard about the shooting at Chardon High School on the radio early this week. "I was scared," she says, and tried to call her son—but there was no answer, she tells CBS News . "Danny, it'...

Third Boy Dies in School Shooting

Demetrius Hewlin was the 3rd airlifted to Cleveland hospital

(Newser) - A third boy has died in yesterday's shooting at Ohio's Chardon High School . Demetrius Hewlin, a junior at the school, was one of three students airlifted yesterday to Cleveland's MetroHealth Medical Center, reports the Plain Dealer . Daniel Parmertor, 16, and Russell King Jr., 17, died earlier of...

Second Boy Declared Dead in Ohio School Shooting

Suspected shooter TJ Lane 'distraught, remorseful,' says lawyer

(Newser) - A second student has been declared brain dead after being shot yesterday at Ohio's Chardon High School , the Wall Street Journal reports. Russell King Jr., 17, had recently started dating the suspected shooter's ex-girlfriend . The first victim, 16-year-old Daniel Parmertor, died yesterday, and three others were wounded when...

Teen Shooter's Dad Has Violent Rap Sheet: Cops

TJ Lane's father busted for attacking teen's mom, other women

(Newser) - The father of suspected Ohio school shooter TJ Lane has been busted several times for violence against women, including TJ's mom, according to court records. He had been warned to stay away from the boy and his mother, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer . Dad Thomas Lane Jr. and TJ'...

One Dead, 4 Wounded in Ohio School Shooting

3 Chardon High School students in critical condition; boy arrested

(Newser) - A student gunman shot and killed one student and injured four others at a northeastern Ohio high school this morning, sending the school into immediate "lockdown." Police believe they've apprehended the lone shooter, saying they tracked him after he fled the building, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports....

7 States Sue Over Birth Control Rule

Measure on religious employers violates First Amendment, they say

(Newser) - The White House plan to make sure that employees of religious institutions get birth control coverage is back in the news. The attorneys general of seven states—Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas—have sued the federal government over the requirement, reports the Hill . They say the...

Joe the Plumber Is Endorsing ...

...no one, though he wishes Herman Cain was still in the race

(Newser) - Joe the Plumber is running for Congress as a Republican in Ohio, but he's not endorsing any of the GOP candidates for president because his favorite is no longer in the race—Herman Cain. Just like Cain, Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (aka "Joe the Plumber"), says he supports...

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